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NGT Renders Forest Clearance to Mahan Coal Ltd Invalid After SC verdict Greenpeace, MSS celebrate but vow to oppose any attempt to re-allocate. Mahan
Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, September 26, 2014: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today said the forest clearance granted to Essar and Hindalco’s Mahan Coal Ltd becomes invalid following the SC decision…
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Greenpeace UK staff member deported from India Organisation demands action from UK Foreign Secretary
New Delhi, September 22, 2014: A UK national working for Greenpeace has been barred from entering India in the latest clampdown by the Indian government on the work of the…
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Greenpeace India Condemns Govt’s Move to Bypass Tribal Consent
New Delhi, September 9, 2014: Greenpeace India condemns the government’s efforts to do away with tribal consent for destruction of forests as per media reports. The NDA government has been…
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Tea Board’s Plant Protection Code is inadequate: Greenpeace India Tea companies should support Small Tea Growers’ transition to holistic ecological agriculture
Sept 3, 2014, New Delhi/Kolkata: While acknowledging the initiatives taken by the Tea Board of India to handle the pesticide menace in tea cultivation, Greenpeace India, today termed the Plant…
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Civil Society urges the centre not to trample over the Rights of Forest Dwellers in Mahan. Implement FRA in 54 villages of Mahan, demand Mahan Sangharsh Samiti
1st August, 2014, New Delhi: Mahan Sangharsh Samiti[1] (MSS) supported by prominent members of civil society organisations today urged the Indian government not to trample over the rights of the…
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Bombay HC accepts Essar’s affidavit to include malicious IB report that was ‘leaked’ last month
July 31, 2014, Mumbai: At the hearing of the interim gag-order on the Greenpeace, MP, the Bombay High Court today accepted Essar’s affidavit to include the ‘leaked’ IB report that…
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Crackdown on Forest Rights Activists Intensifies. Police arrests two Greenpeace activists in the middle of the night in bid to “intimidate people” before Gram Sabha
July 30 2014, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: The police in Singrauli have stooped to a new low, according to Greenpeace. Barely two months after four forest rights activists were arrested from…
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Mahan Gram Sabha to be Held ‘Behind a Curtain’ as Police Seize Signal Booster, Solar Panels and Other Communication Equipment
July 29, 2014, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: A Greenpeace mobile phone signal booster was confiscated by local police today, along with other communication equipment in Amelia village in Singrauli district of…
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Essar Seeks a Blanket Ban on all Criticism of their Proposed Coal Mine in Mahan
Mumbai, Maharashtra, July 14, 2014: In a bid to end all debate and discussion on its controversial coal mine in Mahan forest, Essar has filed an affidavit in Bombay High…
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Stop Muzzling Voices of Dissent!
It has been said that dissent is the highest form of patriotism. However, the arbitrary manner in which the government has attempted to muzzle voices of dissent in democracy in…
